Steve Jobs at Apple Inc (Essay Sample)

Widely hailed as one of the greatest CEOs in the world, the death of Steve Jobs saw Tim Cook the company’s operations chief take the helm at Apple Inc. Analysts predict that the company’s future look even brighter. Perhaps the greatest question in the mind of many is whether the company can succeed in the absence of Steve Jobs. Most people know Jobs as the man who kept an iron grip on every step of a products development process form the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone and the iPad. However, the last one year after his death shows that people have grown accustomed to the idea of Apple Inc without its visionary leader. Even before his death, Tim Cook was in charge of the company and yet investors had full confidence in the performance of the company.
Steve Jobs is mostly remembered for his outstanding achievements as the company’s CEO which catapulted Apple to world leadership not once but twice. However, Jobs has had his share of criticism with critics saying that the Macintosh was borrowed technology and the sleek cell phone that is the iPhone was an improved music player. In the technology world however, Steve Jobs made significant contributions in the world of technology and his achievements in the same was monumental. From his contributions, a lot of people embraced digital technology, mobile communication and online media in a way that has never been seen before.
It will be interesting to see whether Steve Jobs’ successor will drive the company’s profit owing to the fact that both he and Jobs have a reputation of being...